US energy company and LNG operator Sempra Energy said on Wednesday it had signed a 20-year definitive agreement with Poland’s state-run gas firm PGNiG to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Port Arthur LNG export facility under development in Texas. While financial terms were not disclosed,
Dutch shipbuilding giant Damen is joining the German Maritime LNG Platform as a new member starting from January 1, 2019. The German LNG initiative is a coalition of more than 80 national and international industrial and shipping companies, port authorities and initiatives aimed at boosting the use
Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer, Novatek, signed a memorandum of strategic cooperation on the Arctic LNG 2 project with the Italian financial insurance specialist SACE.
Australian LNG operator Woodside said Tuesday it commissioned the domestic gas pipeline at its Pluto LNG project located north-west of Karratha, Western Australia. The Woodside-operated Pluto LNG project has supplied its first gas to the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline with successful commis
The Bermuda-based LNG shipping giant Golar LNG said on Monday that it has received a limited notice to proceed from BP for the provision of a floating LNG producing unit for BP’s West African project. Golar LNG entered into a preliminary deal in April with units of BP in Mauritania and Senegal for t
Sweden’s Thun Tankers on Saturday held a naming ceremony for its new liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered tanker in Groningen, Holland. The tanker named Thun Evolve and built at Dutch Ferus Smit shipyard will be long-term leased by Preem for deliveries to the company’s depots and customers in Sweden,
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Japanese trading house Itochu have signed a memorandum of understanding on the proposed Baltic liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project. “With this document, the parties confirmed their interest in potential cooperation in the framework of the project,” Gazprom said i
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency said Thursday it started a federal environmental assessment for the Kwispaa LNG export project, proposed by Steelhead LNG. Vancouver-based Steelhead LNG, in cooperation with First Nations, plans to build a liquefied natural gas export facility located at
Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta, the operator of the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, held talks with several US LNG suppliers as it aims to boosts the use of the LNG terminal in Klaipėda. This week, Klaipėdos Nafta CEO Mindaugas Jusius visited the US and met the representatives of Freepo
Finnish shipping company Containerships, part of French CMA CGM group, said it has taken delivery of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered container vessel, Containerships Nord. The LNG-powered vessel was delivered to Containerships at Wenchong Shipyard in China on December 12. Containership
Germany’s largest natural gas and crude oil producer Wintershall, a unit of BASF, is advocating greater use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in maritime shipping. “Europe’s ports need LNG fueling stations,” Wintershall’s Chief Executive Officer Mario Mehren said in a recent meeting with Hamburg’s Firs
French energy major Total has signed a deal to divest a 4 percent stake in the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Australia to Inpex for $1.6 billion. Japan’s Inpex is the operator of the giant LNG export project that started shipping the fuel in October. The transaction, which is
US LNG export project developer, NextDecade said that its proposed Rio Grande LNG export project in South Texas has received a series of air permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). During a meeting on Wednesday, TCEQ Commissioners voted to issue Air Quality Permit No. 1047
German ferry operator TT-Line has signed a construction contract with the Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Jinling for the construction of an LNG-powered RoPax ferry.
